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Rogue AI or human error? The real story behind the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident

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2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for their work in ‘mirror’ chemistry

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OpenAI unleashes hundreds more math results upon a field already in shock

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Two meteor showers are lighting up the October sky—here’s how to see them

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What makes a good AI safety test? Experts explain why even the best techniques may not be powerful enough

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2026 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen for discovery of high-energy neutrinos

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These Super Mario levels are mathematically unsolvable

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United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to probe seven asteroids in 2028

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Astronomers catch dwarf stars gobbling up their orbiting companions

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Why the creative brain feeds on movement

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Should you be ‘poop maxxing,’ or ‘fiber maxxing’? Experts explain what’s healthy

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An El Niño–fueled ocean wave could raise California flood risks as Florida’s vaccine debate sparks outbreak concerns

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2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann for work on optogenetics

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How attachment theory can help us understand AI relationships

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How the brain uses memory to imagine what might have been

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How AI helped bring an ancient tomb dating to before the Roman Empire back to life

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Could a giant iceberg really break off Greenland? Scientists check Tom Cruise’s new movie Digger

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2026 has been a record hot year for the U.S.—it can only get worse

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This weird particle may have come from a black hole exploding in another dimension

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Can bioengineered bacteria help terraform Mars?

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How to see rainbows on exoplanets

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Mathematicians name 50 of the highest-stakes problems in math

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How to start foraging for edible plants, according to Black Forager

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Google’s Project Suncatcher AI data center test has officially launched to space onboard SpaceX rocket

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Scientists discover that Earth’s crust has repeatedly rolled over—and it’s still happening

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Google tests its plan for AI data centers in space with Project Suncatcher

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Scientists are decoding elephant rumble calls, including ‘greetings’ and ‘coos’

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Democratic Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed explains how science influences his politics

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How climate change is altering petrichor, the glorious smell after it rains

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Archaeologists unearth a ‘major’ early Christian monastery in Scotland

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NASA directive might increase the odds of contaminating Mars

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The Atlantic hurricane season has been so quiet it’s unprecedented

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Satellite images reveal ethereal auroral storm raging above the North Pole

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Trump’s surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier clears key Senate committee

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AI solves a ‘holy grail’ problem from probability theory

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Why AI-powered romance scams are harder than ever to spot

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IVF ‘add-ons’ offer hope to parents desperate for a baby. But are they backed by science?

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Dangerous ozone threatened half of world’s population this year

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Blockbuster retatrutide trial signals a ‘new high-water mark’ for weight-loss drugs

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See the cool photos this Jupiter-bound spacecraft took while swinging by Earth

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U.S. space weapons probably aren’t what you think

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Tiny implants use the body as a communication network

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One in eight new cancers are likely caused by infections—there’s an easy way to protect yourself

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NASA to attempt uncrewed and crewed missions with Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft

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TikTok influencers are promoting a home remedy to boost the immune system that could cause botulism

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Trump announces relaxed fuel economy standards

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Surprising result seen in primordial matter inside atom smasher

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SpaceX’s Starship lifts off in make-or-break orbital test flight

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Growing AI energy demands, the search for subatomic particles and the hottest amoeba

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Donor hearts may take on the age of their new bodies

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